Unsolved How install Balsam
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I am trying to use the Balsam to convert some CAD models, however I don't have it intalled. What should I do to install it in Ubuntu?
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Hi !
Did you find your answer ? I'm trying to do the same and cannot find the balsam tool anywhere... -
Hi and welcome to devnet,
AFAIK it's part of QtQuick3D, did you install that module ?
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Hi @SGaist, thank you for your answer !
In fact, I don't really know what you mean by "installing that module"... I'm already using it, and installed components through Qt Online Installer.
I can explain a little bit more my situation: I'm on Windows. I'm using PySide6 ('pip install pyside6') for the backend of my application as I'm working with Python code. I already have an application built, with a View3D displaying models, playing with it from python code signals and slots to QML files. As of now, I can drag and drop some assets in the QtDesigner and see it in the application, but I would like to do it programmatically. Can I write a few python lines to do it, or should I always go through Windows / Linux terminal ?
How can I acces the balsam tool as the command is always 'not found' ?
Thanks a lot for your support !
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What exactly did you install on Windows ?
Only PySide6 or also at least on Qt release ?
If both, did you check into the installation tree whether you have balsam is there ? -
Hi !
I did the whole process again, and I got it working. So here is what I did:
I installed only Qt Design Studio from the Qt Online Installer for Open Source Development. The balsam.exe file is then located (in my case) there: 'C:\Qt\Tools\QtDesignStudio\qt5_design_studio_reduced_version\bin\balsam.exe'.
Now I can run balsam in the terminal:
C:\Qt\Tools\QtDesignStudio\qt5_design_studio_reduced_version\bin\balsam.exe sample_mesh.obj
Or add the bin directory to the Windows Environment Variables' Path and execute directly:
balsam sample_mesh.obj
It creates (in the current directory) a .qml and .mesh file that can then be imported into any QML View3D in my application.
Now, is there a way to get the tool without installing Qt Designer Studio (1.45 Gb) ? Otherwise, I got it working, so thank you, and I hope that my quick description of the problem resolution will help someone else !
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Do you have a standard Qt installed as well ?
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I have PySide6 installed via "pip", and now Qt Designer installed, and that's all I need for developing right now, right?
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From the looks of it yes.
The standard Qt was just to check whether balsam was also available with it. From the looks of it, yes.